#CA8C8A#CA8C8A

#CA8C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.076 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8C8A
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(2, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 31.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 23.34, 10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 25.64, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.071 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.076 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3238, 33.1501, 28.4199)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8C8A #8AC8CA

analogous

#CA8AA8 #CA8C8A #CAAC8A

triadic

#CA8C8A #8ACA8C #8C8ACA

tetradic

#CA8C8A #A8CA8A #8AC8CA #AC8ACA

square

#CA8C8A #A8CA8A #8AC8CA #AC8ACA

split-complementary

#CA8C8A #8ACAAC #8AA8CA

monochromatic

#964644 #B76360 #CA8C8A #DDB5B4 #F0DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CA8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#CA8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8C8A

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8C8A	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.076 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaeac',
    500: '#ca8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8c8a;
$custom-light: #dbaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70097,
    "c": 0.0762,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8C8A

secondary

#CEE2E2

accent

#ADB135

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8C8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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